by Bayo Adeyinka | Mar 13, 2026 | Business and Career, Life Lessons
One of the things I always tell younger colleagues anytime I have the opportunity is to never neglect building their network and improving on their people skills. No matter how brilliant you are, your inability to network or build people skills will limit you. After I...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Mar 6, 2026 | Business and Career, Inspiration
Sometime in February 2026, a junior colleague sat with me in my office as he sought counsel. He had just moved to a role that stretched him. He was scared as he hadn’t settled in well. He was thinking of moving to a less ‘stressful’ role. The thought of not meeting...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Feb 27, 2026 | Business and Career, Tips and Insights
In life, there are many critical moments when we have to make decisions that may have far-reaching implications. There was a time I was faced with such a moment in my career. I worked for an international financial institution and I just got an offer from a local...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Jan 23, 2026 | Business and Career, Inspiration
It must have been around 2006. I had observed him for some time, and it was clear that he was different from the others. He was always neatly dressed. His dark-coloured uniform was consistently well-ironed, and his boots were always polished. Anytime a customer...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Jan 16, 2026 | Business and Career, Inspiration, Life Lessons
I recently stumbled on an email I sent on August 9, 2002—over two decades ago. Seeing it again brought back memories and gave me a good laugh. Those were the early days of GSM telephony, when the telecoms industry was the new gold rush. Everyone wanted to work there....
by Bayo Adeyinka | Dec 19, 2025 | Business and Career, Life Lessons, Tips and Insights
It was around 2011. I lived at Magodo, Lagos during that period. I received a call from my mentor one evening. He asked if I knew a village called Siun on the way to Abeokuta in Ogun State. I wasn’t sure, but I knew I couldn’t miss it since it was after Sagamu...
